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Tied Up In Tinsel

by Ngaio Marsh · 1972

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A Christmas pageant turns unholy.

Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities— until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night. Did the hired help— each a paroled murderer from the nearby prison— have a deadly hand in this Christmas conundrum? Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to join his wife in finding the lost man— and unraveling the glaring truth from the glittering tinsel.

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ChristmasChristmasMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 286 pages

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